ABU DHABI / WAM HH Lt General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, met in Abu Dhabi with Lieutenant General Pulat Bobojonov, Minister of Internal Affairs of Uzbekistan. The discussions focused on various shared interests, exploring avenues to bolster collaboration in police and security domains between the two nations. Major General Khalifa ...
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Sheikh Sultan inaugurates Al Layyah station new expansion in Sharjah
SHARJAH / WAM HH Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, on Tuesday inaugurated the new expansion of the Al Layyah station, a project with a total cost of AED2.1 billion and a total capacity of 1,026 megawatts. Upon his arrival, His Highness cut the ribbon for the opening of the main building, ...
Read More »UAE welcomes third group of wounded Palestinian children, cancer patients
ABU DHABI/ WAM The third group of wounded Palestinian children and cancer patients arrived in the UAE today in implementation of the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to provide medical treatment for 1,000 injured children, and 1,000 cancer patients from the Gaza Strip, in the UAE’s hospitals. Departing from Al-Arish International Airport in the ...
Read More »Sharjah Museums Authority celebrates UAE’s 52nd Union Day
SHARJAH/ WAM Sharjah Museums Authority (SMA) is celebrating the UAE’s 52nd Union Day with free entry to all its museums and with an array of cultural events and activities from 27th November to 2nd December, 2023. Marking this occasion, the SMA is offering free entry to all its museums from 16:00 to 20:00 on 1st December and from 8:00 to ...
Read More »Etihad airways, Air France-KLM announce frequent flyer partnership
ABU DHABI/ WAM Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, and Air France-KLM Group, today announced a new partnership between their respective loyalty programmes following the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the two airline Groups in September 2023. As part of this new partnership, members of Flying Blue, Air France and KLM’s loyalty programme, and members ...
Read More »Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed inaugurates ADFW 2023
ABU DHABI/ WAM H.H. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, has inaugurated the second edition of Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW 2023), taking place from 27th to 30th November, under the theme ‘Investing in the Transition Era’. The event is held under H.H. Sheikh Khaled’s patronage, ...
Read More »Financial sector expected to grow 13% in 2023: ADDED Chairman
ABU DHABI/ WAM The financial sector, a cornerstone of the UAE economic diversification drive, has surged by a remarkable 30 percent in the second quarter of this year and is expected to continue its upward trajectory with an annual growth of 13 percent in 2023, according to a senior economic official. “As we reflect on our economic journey, it is ...
Read More »UAE President issues Resolution No. 11 of 2023 on internal regulations of Federal National Council
ABU DHABI/ WAM President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued Resolution No. 11 of 2023, regarding the Internal Regulations of the Federal National Council (FNC), which included a number of amendments related to the powers of the Council’s bodies, with the aim of enabling the Council to exercise its legislative, oversight, and parliamentary diplomacy powers in ...
Read More »Abu Dhabi opens first safety centre in Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City
ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre, a subsidiary of the Department of Health – Abu Dhabi dedicated to enhancing the public and preventive health system in the emirate, inaugurated the first-of-its-kind safety centre for injury prevention awareness in Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC). The safety centre aims to educate all community members on the causes of injuries ...
Read More »Dubai South achieves several sustainability milestones
DUBAI / WAM Dubai South, the largest single-urban master development focusing on aviation, logistics and real estate, recorded several achievements by applying different sustainability practices across its operations at its headquarters and other buildings. In 2022, Dubai South successfully diverted 622 tonnes of solid waste from landfills, equivalent to 29 percent of the total waste generated that year. This effort ...
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